Trail Crew

Bike Park Trail Crew Skilled Operator

Job Details:

Angel Fire Bike Park is in search of quality machine operators with experience and motivation to help continue building the 60+ miles of trail in the bike park. We are looking to expand with easier greens for beginners, blues for intermediate riders as well as maintaining and updating existing trails.

Work and Play at Angel Fire Resort:

If you’re going to work, make good money!  If you’re going to live somewhere, live in a great place!  Earn good money and live better with lots of employee perks!  Angel Fire Resort is a top year-round mountain resort destination in New Mexico with fantastic skiing (Numerous Best of Lists), “Best Mountain Bike Park” in the Southwest, and one of the “Southwest’s Best” beautiful 18-hole golf courses.  The resort is situated at over 8,600′ elevation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, 30 minutes east of Taos, and has views of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico.  Angel Fire strives to offer the best value and choice for family outdoor recreation activities to its members, guests, and visitors–including skiing, snowboarding, tubing, sledding, golf, mountain biking, golf, disc golf, zip lines, tennis, fishing, hiking, premium RV sites, dining and more.   People that work at Angel Fire are happy people!

FUN Resort Benefits Include:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Season Pass (Bike or Ski Lift Tickets)
• Free and Discounted Buddy Passes
• Dependent Season Passes
• Free/Discounted Lift Tickets at Partnering Resorts
• Free Group Ski/Snowboard Lessons
• Discounted Ski/Snowboard Lessons for dependents
• Discounts at all Resort Restaurants
• Discounted Rentals
• Discounts at Tubing Hill
• Complementary rounds of golf
• Complementary use of driving range
• Reduced Golf Cart rental rates
• Tennis Court Privileges
• Discounted Zip Line tours
• Access to Fitness Centers
• Discounts on hundreds of brands of gear

Base Pay: Depends on Experience

Location: Angel Fire Resort Bike Park

Employee Type: Hourly, non-exempt

Job Category: Seasonal - full-time or part-time (Could turn to Benefitted Year Round Work involving Grooming and Snowmaking)

Leadership Responsibilities: No

Required Certs or Licenses: Current Non-Expired Driver's License

Attendance: Regular, predictable, punctual, and in-person attendance is essential, includes weekends and holidays as scheduled 

Estimated start date: April

Minimum Age: 21

Typical Shift: 8am-5pm

Environment:  This is a physically demanding outdoor position. Must be able to stand/walk for entire shift and regularly lift/carry 75lbs.  This is a do-whatever-it-takes job that requires the ability to work in varied environments

Housing: Limited employee housing is available upon request.  “Dorm-style” starts at only $450/month.  Other options available.  A list of local rental resources is also available upon request.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Safely operates machinery such as excavators, skid steers, dozers
• Uses hand tools such as rakes, picks, shovels
• Safely operates chainsaws
• Construct new single-track trails
• Maintain existing trails
• Re-build and create new sections for existing trails
• Create designs with Bike Park Manager
• Understand gravity-fed mountain bike trail layout, erosion mitigation, durability construction
• Have a keen eye for trail safety design on all trails and features construction (creating safe trails for all skill levels)
• Self-motivated individual who takes pride in constructing awesome bike trails with amazing flow
• Create trails with the skill level of the rider in mind: greens, blues, black diamonds

Qualifications:

At least 3 years’ experience working on a trail crew running excavators, skid steers, dozers at a gravity park.

• Experience with creating new machine-benched trail with quality jumps, berms and features
• Must be able to ride a downhill mountain bike at an advanced level, maintaining control in all conditions and on all runs.
• Must have experience with hand tools, heavy machinery, and chainsaws as well as basic woodworking and maintenance skills.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with driving record insurable under resort insurance.

Other: Must provide own downhill mountain biking gear.